3. Simple to use. Direct download links on the front-page. Every release is compressed in one zip -file, you don´t have to download one pic after another. You don´t have to registrate (you can – as you like at the purchase) or type in your email address, Nothing – just straight download.

How can I get updated when yo release a new archive? You don´t have a mailing list.

Use the RSS feed of my blog or like the facebook page.

Why do you use a JPG sequence for the time lapse movies and not a mov or avi?

There are problems with container formats such as avi´s or mov´s because of the different codecs that are used in production. A JPG can use every editing or compositing system so I wanted to be 100% compatible.

QuickTime prores files (mov) HQ are also available at the paid downloads.

Why are the Hdris from your site not looking right in my 3d program? They appear some kind of crisp and contrasted in the program (maya, max, softimage…)

You have to change the gamma of the hdri images to 2.2 that they appear right in your 3d application. You can do this with Photoshop – adjustments – exposure or with a hdr application like hdrshop.

What about other openfootage sites?

The site has nothing to do with openfootage.com, openfootage.de or openfootage.org!

I payed for the download and don get the footage!

There are three ways to download.:

1. After Payment you get immediately an email with the download link and the invoice. If you think you did not get it please check your spam folder!

2. After Payment on paypal there is a link back to openfootage there you can download the files direct on the page.

3. If you have registered you can log in at openfootage and under the link PURCHASE HISTORY at the main site you can download the payed footage again.

41 comments on “FAQ”

WCSL

Hi,
you have to convert the jpg?s to a format which moviemaker can handle as a video not only as a still frame. For that you can use for example https://www.tmpgenc.net/de/download/download.html Tmpgenc thats a freeware converter for mpg. Just choose the first jpg in the video source and convert the sequence to a avi(better quality- depending on the codec you use – for Pal you may choose the windows integrated dv codec) or a mpg file. Then import this files to movie maker and you can cut them.

A better way is to use some kind of better editing software like Adobe Premiere, Avid or on Apple final cut pro. There are also try out?s available. They can import the jpg?s as a sequence and you can cut these clips directly.

It is some kind of hard to convert each sequence to a movie file but i choose a jpg sequence to be independet of the operating system and the available video codecs.

Both on apple and windows quicktimePro has the ability to convert the jpgs to a avi or mov but you have to pay for the pro Version of quicktime.

kriller2

Daniele

25. February 2009 at 20:17

Ehi, i’m italian… Thanks too much for your share!!
This site is very great. I’m learning timelapse and work with adobe premiere pro 3.0. For timelapse i use a Nikon D60 camera.
If u have some good suggestion to give me to begin i’ll be grateful to u!

Christian

13. May 2009 at 10:39

Incredible Work!
Thanks for sharing your solid footage. Projects like yours not only inspire and facilitate the realisation other peoples ideas, they contribute to an openminded society. Hut ab und Danke.

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Germán

4. July 2009 at 01:02

Hello and thanks for this stuff, it’s amazing!!

I used some of your HDR images to illuminate my renders and they look real good, thanks again!!! But I have a question about the backgrounds, how do I use them?? I tried to use them but when I try to place them in the scene it says it is too big to load… could you thell me some tips and tricks about how to use the backgrounds???

John R

30. July 2009 at 12:54

Thank you for sharing these masterpieces. You are a trailblazer. I hope the net in later years grows into a more sharing focused community of creative thinkers. You have inspired me to share my own personal material.

Pete

Hello, LOVE your work!!! I just got Serif Movieplus software. I want to import a cloud time lapse into movieplus.
I downloaded your zip file and extracted into all the individual jpegs files. Is this correct? or is it supposed to be one mpeg or something?
thanks,
Tracy

pashaj

Alex

23. December 2009 at 12:22

Great site, i love ur HDRIs they are the best, its the same quality like dosch HDRIs!
so thank u very much for sharing this nice stuff.
I hope its possible to share more Hdris with us ;-).
so Thank u! And i wish u a nice 2010.
Greetings

tektek

mikee

26. January 2010 at 14:01

Hi. The HDRIs are superb. I guess… However, I cannot download any of them, when the download reaches 99 percent, the download crashes with the message, that the connection has ben reset. Shame, as I love Austria and the HDRIs remind me of the great time I have spent in Salzburg.

admin

26. January 2010 at 19:15

Hi mikee,
i don´t think it is a problem with the site. Donwloads are fully functional. Use a search engine with the search terms “download stops at 99%” and I think you will find a solution.
greetings from Austria 🙂
Markus

Tooly

Is the credit a legal requirement in every version of the work I make with the footage? Or is it simply requested?
In other words if I make an award winning music video on MTV and use some of this footage but do not put http://www.openfootage.net on the MTV broadcast version, will you sue me and make me wish I had stuck with mowing lawns? Will you want money? or will you insist there be a credit in the broadcast version and send a cease and desist? Or will you just chalk it up to some noob got lucky?

Justin

This is awesome, and so very appreciated. Making a short documentary with some young indigenous-identifying youth, all around the theme of water, so very much appreciate being able to use high quality images of macro water drops and timelapses – beyond our technical capabilities. You rock.

Nice blog! Is your theme custom made or did you download it from somewhere?
A design like yours with a few simple adjustements would really make my blog stand out.
Please let me know where you got your theme.
Many thanks

Maybe Creative commons is not thr right choice. I simply don´t want people to sell an exact duplicate of the footage on another footage blog. Making money with no additional adaptation. On the other hand I want that people can use it commercially in Films , Games etc. but not in the same as I do with my blog….